Dresel, Ellis Loring, 1865-1925

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Dates:
Birth 1865
Death 1925

Biographical notes:

Dresel was an American lawyer and diplomat. He was attaché to the U.S. embassy in Berlin in charge of relations between British prisoners of war and the German government (1915-1917); settled the affairs of the U.S. embassy in Vienna after the U.S. entry into the war; worked with the American Legation, its War Trade Board, and the American Red Cross in Berne, Switzerland (1917-1918); headed the political information section of the Paris Peace Conference (1919), for which he made two inspection tours of Germany; and was U.S. commissioner to Germany (1919-1921) with a title change to chargé d'affaires (1921-1922) when relations were normalized. He signed the formal peace treaty in 1921 and returned to the U.S. in 1922.

From the description of Papers, 1879-1926 (inclusive), 1916-1922 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122656057

American diplomat; commissioner to Germany, 1919; chargé d'affaires in Germany, 1921-1922.

From the description of Ellis Loring Dresel papers, 1915-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869211

Dresel was an American lawyer and diplomat. He was attaché to the U.S. embassy in Berlin in charge of relations between British prisoners of war and the German government (1915-1917); settled the affairs of the U.S. embassy in Vienna after the U.S. entry into the war; worked with the American Legation, its War Trade Board, and the American Red Cross in Berne, Switzerland (1917-1918); headed the political information section of the Paris Peace Conference (1919), for which he made two inspection tours of Germany; and was U.S. commissioner to Germany (1919-1921) with a title change to chargé d'affaires (1921-1922) when relations were normalized. He signed the formal peace treaty in 1921 and returned to the U.S. in 1922.

From the guide to the Papers, 1879-1926 (inclusive), 1916-1922 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

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Subjects:

  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Prisoners of war
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918

Occupations:

  • Diplomats
  • Diplomats

Places:

  • Germany (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Switzerland (as recorded)
  • Germany. (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Austria (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)

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